Whelan's forge had a banding wheel alongside the forge, further W, uphill from here. This banding works was a more industrial installation alongside the adjacent stream and it is a rare site.
Site of Whelan's forge. The ground floor window is where the forge door was and the fire was to the left of the door. A banding wheel was located where the post box is now placed. Whelan's of the post office, next door, were also the blacksmiths who ran this forge.
This was leased by the O Flynn family from Delacour and Cotter in Griffiths Valuation, they married two Lombard sisters in 1820 and inherited the Lombard Estate.
This was previouslt Ahearne's forge but is now known as Tarrant's. There are still plenty of Tarrant's around. A Paddy O'Connor worked with Nicholas Tarrant in the forge.
An old disused forge stands near the W.entrance to the Lane in Taur, Duhallow. The forge was one of a group of houses associated with the quarry. Eight terraced houses, four single-storied and four two-stories, stood to the E. of the forge, to which they were attached.
